SPP: an initiative with local flavour
and national scope...
www.sppcanada.org
The Social Purchasing Portal facilitates the targeting of existing everyday business purchasing to suppliers of goods and services to blend business and social values.
www.sppvancouver.org
Vancouver's Fast Track to Employment (FTE) initiated the program in partnership with the BC Technology Social Venture Partners in June of 2004. The Vancouver portal now has over 100 purchasing partners and 50 suppliers participating in the venture. To date, the Vancouver has generated over $500,000 of targeted business activity and has created over 70 jobs for youth at risk and other individuals who require further support to enter the workforce.
www.sppsurrey.org
Buy good. Do good. Feel good. The Surrey Portal is a partnership of North Fraser Community Futures Development Corporation and Community Innovations Inc. "The SPP Surrey initiative spurs a positive and ethical change and allows members like you an easy, effective and affordable means to initiate corporate social responsibility into everyday business models and affairs."
www.sppfraservalley.org
The purpose of the portal is to provide corporations in the Fraser Valley communities such as Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission and Hope, with an opportunity to engage in corporate social responsibility. It's a strategy that brings together leaders in business, local government and community development to ensure the continued health of the community
www.spptoronto.org
The Toronto Social Purchasing Portal is a collaborative initiative of the Learning Enrichment Foundation, Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment Training and the Information Technology Association of Canada for Ontario (ITAC Ontario). The partnership of the private sector with other community-based organizations foster commercial growth and social benefit within the city's many communities.
www.sppwinnipeg.org
Launched in April 2005, Winnipeg's Portal counts on the support of the University of Winnipeg and Assiniboine Credit Union. Among its suppliers, you will find Cosmopolitan Florists and Earthshare Agricultural Co-Op. General Manager, Mea Taylor comments: "There's no compromise of quality and using a SPP supplier or hiring through the SPP Employment Exchange sends a ripple of benefits down the line that feeds back into downtown Winnipeg."
www.sppcalgary.org
Like all other Portals, it uses a demand driven business model to create social value for both the Calgary business community and low income Calgarians. The Calgary SPP is also promoting a Living Wage campaign: "No one who works full time should live in poverty."
www.sppvi.org
Launched in May 2006, SPP Vancouver Island is a project of the Community Council. The Community Council provides leadership to bring the community together to enhance quality of life for everyone in BC's Capital Region. Its vision of vibrant regions where society thrives because business thrives is built on creating strong partnerships with registered purchasers and suppliers to improve job access and job retention for individuals living with challenges to employment. |
